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Shreveport Central Station is a historic train station in
Shreveport, Louisiana Shreveport ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is the third most populous city in Louisiana after New Orleans and Baton Rouge, respectively. The Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan area, with a population of 393,406 in 2020, is t ...
. It was built in 1910 by the Louisiana and Arkansas Railroad, a railroad that was eventually acquired by the
Kansas City Southern Railway The Kansas City Southern Railway Company is an American Class I railroad. Founded in 1887, it operates in 10 midwestern and southeastern U.S. states: Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and ...
. (However, the KCS used Union Station ever since 1909.) By the opening of the 1940s the L&A and the
St. Louis Southwestern Railway The St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company , known by its nickname of "The Cotton Belt Route" or simply "Cotton Belt", is a former Class I railroad that operated between St. Louis, Missouri, and various points in the U.S. states of Arkansas, Ten ...
or 'Cotton Belt' moved its passenger operations from Central Station to Shreveport Union Station.


Historical recognition

The building, along with an adjoining small freight depot shortly north of it, was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1991 as the Central Railroad Station. With . The building also became a contributing property of
Shreveport Commercial Historic District Shreveport ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is the third most populous city in Louisiana after New Orleans and Baton Rouge, respectively. The Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan area, with a population of 393,406 in 2020, is t ...
when its boundaries were increased on . The former station currently survives as a gay bar and dance club.Central Station Shreveport (ClubFly.com)
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See also

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Caddo Parish, Louisiana __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Caddo Parish, Louisiana. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Caddo Parish, Louisi ...


References

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Buildings and structures in Shreveport, Louisiana Former Kansas City Southern Railway stations National Register of Historic Places in Caddo Parish, Louisiana Railway stations in the United States opened in 1910 Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Louisiana Italian Renaissance Revival architecture in the United States Spanish Colonial Revival architecture in Louisiana {{Louisiana-NRHP-stub